She was the flagbearer for the Chinese Taipei team at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games' opening ceremony.

[8] In early 2022, Huang garnered much cyberbully after a video that she posted on 23 January, went viral of her wearing an outfit labeled "China" during practice, and she was later get bullied heavily by Taiwanese netizens, especially those with pan-green political views, which had flooded her Facebook and Instagram account with hate comments.

In response, Huang claimed on Instagram that the outfit was a gift from an athlete on the Chinese team, whom she befriended in Germany.

"[10] Ho Chih-wei, a Legislative Yuan member of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) criticised Huang Yu-ting, calling her "brainless" and demanding that she "shut up", as well as supporting a law that would punish athletes such as Huang with bans from sport events.

[12][13] On 3 March 2022, the Sports Administration announced that it would suspend Huang's subsidies for training and competition for a two-year period.